Monthly Archives: March 2010

2010 NHL Trade Deadline Day

By |2010-03-03T05:03:13-05:00March 3rd, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

LIVE Fantasy Chat NOW with Angus, Dobber, Goldman and Ma on right now, and Lemon joining later. Follow it, ask questions here. Also - A list of "must follow" Twitter accounts today - and they get full credit for any trades reported here (in case I mistakenly don't give credit - it's from one of [...]

March 2, 2010

By |2010-03-02T12:45:54-05:00March 2nd, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Don't forget to join me for live chat at 8pm ET (that's the headline article, for those of you who are ... oblivious).   Alexei Ponikarovsky is not in the pregame skate for the Leafs.   Chicago has acquired Nick Boynton for future considerations. This is a depth move only. AHL.   Official: Ray Emery [...]

Pavol Demitra – International Man of Mystery

By |2015-07-24T10:46:11-04:00March 2nd, 2010|z-Archives (other articles)|

Pavol Demitra

 

As the NHL season came to a temporary halt for the 2010 Olympics, Pavol Demitra was looking like another former star fading into obscurity. He missed the majority of the season while recovering from off-season shoulder surgery, taking his time to ensure he was 100 percent before returning to the Vancouver line-up. Demitra looked sluggish and physically overmatched in his 11 games after returning, scoring only once. However, as soon as he pulled over the blue, red, and white jersey of Slovakia, he played like a man possessed. Demitra was arguably the most dangerous forward in the Olympics, above the likes of Sidney Crosby, Tore Vikingstad, and Alexander Ovechkin. He finished the tournament with three goals and seven assists in only seven games, and was flying each and every single night at Canada Hockey Place.

 

Who is the real Pavol Demitra? Is he the slow, soft player we saw in January? Or is he the offensive superstar that we saw for the past two weeks in Vancouver? The answer lies somewhere in between...

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